Getting Specific
For Sunday, December 13, 2015 – Luke 3:7-18 The one called John the Baptist, a prophet shaped by wilderness, educated outside the religious and political systems, begins to announce God’s new order and invite people into it. He has the feeling that many who come to be baptized by him are seeking self-preservation more than self-surrender. I wonder if he […]
Proclaim the New
For Sunday, December 6, 2015 – Luke 3:1-6 Luke has quite the story to tell. Lest we chalk up his enthusiasm to his close personal relationship with the protagonist, he sets the tale in a particular period of history. This story, he says, is not simply a mythic tale of a legendary friend. It really […]
Notice the Signs
For Sunday, November 29, 2015 – Luke 21:25-36 It is easier to notice what is breaking down than what is emerging. The earth in distress, we notice. Nations confused and in turmoil, we notice. People “fainting from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world,” we notice. We more often fail to see […]
A Consequence
John 6:56-69 Jesus points out that there are consequences for those who “eat my flesh and drink my blood,” thus becoming one with him. One of these is that we will abide in him, and he will abide in us. To abide is to be at home. It is to dwell deeply, calmly, without endless straining and striving. […]
